OMAHA, Neb. – The Nebraska Wesleyan women's basketball team traveled up I-80 to Omaha on Wednesday night (Dec. 19) and took care of business as the Prairie Wolves extended their winning streak to five games with a 74-54 victory at College of Saint Mary in the Lied Fitness Center.
 
NWU improved to 6-3 on the season with their fifth straight win, while former GPAC foe College of Saint Mary dropped to 2-14 on the year.
 
Two days after scoring a career-high 35 points, junior guard Caitlin Navratil posted another big offensive performance on Wednesday.  Navratil was 12-16 from the field to score a game-high 29 points.  She went 5-6 from 3-point range and had six steals on the night.
 
Besides Navratil, the Prairie Wolves weren't able to generate much offense as her teammates shot 30 percent from the field (15-50).  Carsyn Zumpfe was the other NWU player to score in double figures as she came off the bench to score 10 points on 4-8 shooting.
 
The Prairie Wolves led 21-14 after one quarter as they hit five 3-pointers in the opening ten minutes.  NWU extended the lead by one point in the second quarter to hold a 34-26 advantage at the break.
 
CSM outscored NWU by two points in the third quarter and were within six points heading into the final period.  The Prairie Wolves clamped down defensively and were red hot offensively in the fourth quarter to pull away by outscoring NWU 24-10.  NWU shot 9-14 from the field in the fourth and CSM was just 3-13.
 
College of Saint Mary shot only 26.7 percent as a team for the game making 16-60 overall.  They were 2-19 from 3-point range and struggled mightily against the Prairie Wolves full court press.  NWU forced the Flames into 37 turnovers.
 
Corryne Millett posted a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Flames.
 
Nebraska Wesleyan will play their third game of the week on Friday with a trip to Springfield, Illinois to face Robert Morris.